Apple wants to simplify Siri by taking "Hey" out of the trigger phrase, Elon Musk slashes Twitter staff, recovering an external hard drive with proprietary connections, stopping automatic Windows updates, spotting online scams, and more!

• Apple is reportedly working to simplify Siri's trigger phrase


• Twitter slashes its staff as Musk era takes hold on platform


• Can I open up a WD MyPassport external hard drive and still connect to Sata?


• Lucid UX 2.0 Lucid Air


• wheelbearings.media


• Airless Tires


• Why won't Congress make Daylight Saving Time permanent?


• Will TrueCrypt update automatically?


• VeraCrypt


• GRC InControl


• How to tell if a suspicous message is a scam


• Converting audio files


• Spotting Twitter scams


• Man busted in 2020 Twitter hack, bitcoin scam of Biden, Obama, Musk, Buffett accounts


• Astronomers have detected another 'planet killer' asteroid. Could we miss one coming our way?


• Space rock slams into Mars, forming a crater that revealed chunks of ice


• nytimes.com/wirecutter TP-Link AC1750 Dual Band Wireless Gigabit WiFi 5 Router- (Archer C7)


• UofSC discovery of widespread platinum may help solve Clovis people mystery

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle

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